September/ October 2010

 Some happenings from September and October 2010 in no particular order:

• Broken Arm

Sterling broke his arm on Friday, October 8, at 10 p.m. He was horsing around on a chair and stood up on the arm of it. Before Scott or I could reach him, he was already down on the ground on his arm. We knew something was wrong by his inability to be calmed. Plus, he kept walking around holding onto his arm where it was broken, with his other hand. Sure enough, xrays and a Dr. visit confirmed that his radius bone was broken right by the wrist. If you look at the Xray, you'll notice a bump jutting out to the left where the buckle fracture is.  He wore his cast for 3 weeks and finally has it off.

• Baby Boy   

We found out that our next baby is a boy! We're due March 4th, so moving right along... Makayla was quite upset when she heard the news. She actually started crying and pleaded, "But I just wanted a sister. Why can't I have a sister?!?" She was sad about the boy news, but Sterling will have a little buddy to play with. He will probably really enjoy being able to have a little friend that's close in age.

• Sickness

Yuck! We've really been down on our Health Luck this past month. Makayla picked up pink eye from Nursery about 2 weeks ago. Then she gave it to Sterling, who gave it to Scott, who gave it to me. So everyone in our family had this. Also, I picked up a nasty cold from school that I spread to everyone. It was so bad that Scott actually went to the Dr. (very rare) to get it Strep tested. It's just a nasty virus that isn't strep, but makes you feel as lousy as if you did have it.  And we've been fighting that for 10 days now, but finally, it's leaving our home. And lucky for us, our kids got the mild version compared to Scott and myself.

• Car Troubles

We've had to get so many things fixed on both our our cars. Scott had to get a new windshield and a new O2 Sensor to pass inspections. I have had to get a new water pump and a new thermostat and a new radiator cap. Even with all this work, my car is still overheating within 3 miles of driving! So I've been driving Scott's Jeep around for 2 weeks. It's hard limping around with 1 car. It makes you appreciate what you do have, especially when it's fixed.  Can't wait till that is!

• 1st Haircut

Before

After

Grandma Diane was a great help and cut Sterling's hair for the first time. She made it fun by doing it outside while he watched his sister jump on the trampoline.  She also gave me some great tips if I ever get brave enough to cut his hair.

• Broken Furnace

We tried to fire up our furnace the last week of October to find out that it was complately D E A D ! So after a few heater experts climbed up in the attic to look at it, we were told that the control panel was fried. So we had to buy a new one to get it working again.  Now, we are thankful for the funtioning furnace.

• Grandma's 80th Birthday

Grandma Hebdon's 80th birthday was celebrated with a party in the park complete with a little skit. A lot of time was put into this which made it all the merrier. :)

• Circus Trip

Our family enjoyed an outing to the circus. Makayla, of course, did awesome. Sterling was a bit restless, but it was fun to get out and do something different.

• Halloween



Halloween, jam packed with excitement, was celebrated all day Saturday. First, we went trick or treating at South Towne Mall which was crazily busy. Next, we stopped by Grandma Diane's house to find my sister from Vegas surprise visiting :) Then we ran over to our ward and participated in the Trunk-or-Treat, and finally, we ran over to our favorite spook alley neighborhood in Millcreek and met up with some friends.

Finally, our update is complete...........   :)